SMITH v. STATE

No. 95-00822.

677 So.2d 370 (1996)

Reginald L. SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela D. McCravy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


BLUE, Judge.

Reginald L. Smith appeals his convictions for two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, two counts of resisting arrest with violence, depriving an officer of communications equipment, and aggravated battery. Because the trial court denied Smith's requests to discharge his attorney and failed to advise Smith of his right to self-representation, we reverse.

At the close of the prosecution's case-in-chief, Smith requested the discharge...

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